The seal and the peacock

Baby male harbor / common seal Flint (Phoca vitulina, tulen obecny) from ZOO Duisburg, Germany. Extremelly cute pup!

For ~Kajula

Story of the photo: this baby male was separated from other seals, because he had to learn to eat fish instead of drinking mother milk. Pup was very curious and when *Lunchi's friend shown peacock's feather to him, Flint seemed interested in it

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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Location:temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisphere
Size: 1,8 m long body weight: 130 kg
Diet: fish, shrimp, mollusks, squids, birds
Conservation status: Least Concern
Interesting facts: Harbor seal is the most common species of pinnipeds | females live longer than males (35 vs 25 years) | seals sleep in the water, breathing every few minutes | baby of the seal is called the pup | mother milk of the seals is extremelly fatty | they can spend 10 minutes underwater and when diving, they can reach the depth of 450 metres | in ZOOs, seals sometime die due eating coins and other things, which were thrown to their pool by stupid visitors

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